Receptacle for coins.



PATBNTED MAY 3, 1904. R. ILBISHOP 8: W. DOWN. I

RECBPTAGLE FOR COINS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31. 1903.

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PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

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REGEPTAGLE FOR COINS.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HODGES BISHOP AND WILLIAM DOWN, OF- HIGrI-IGATE, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS OF TWO-THIRDS TO LYONEL EDININ CLARK AND SYDNEY FRANCIS STAPLES, OF WESTMINSTER, LONDON, ENGLAND.

RECEPTACLE- FOR COINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,067, dated May 3., 1904.

Application filed October 31,1903. Serial No. 179.288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT HODGES BISHOP, a resident of Hartwell, Great North road, and WILLIAM DowN, a resident of 73 Olaremont road, Highgate, in the county of Middlesex, England, subjects of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Coins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that kind of money-box which is intended to be set. to receive a given number of coins of the required denomination and to remain closed against the withdrawal-of such coins until the I 5 predetermined complement has been reached;

and the object of the invention is to'provide a construction which will insure that when the registering mechanism has been once set the opening of the box, except by the inser- 2 tion of coins in the legitimate manner and to the proper predetermined complement, cannot be effected. Many attempts have already been made to construct a box of this character, but none of them hitherto have been al- 5 together proof against tampering when it has the box-lid. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the parts in a different position. Fig. 4 is an underneath plan view of the lid. I Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the parts in a different 4 p osition, and Fig. 6 is a section on line A B of The box, as shown, can be set for any sum.

in pennies and halfpennies up to ten shillings.

a is the body of the box, and 7) is the lid, hinged to the body and secured at the front by means of a sliding bolt 0 and catch cl, which can only be disengaged as hereinafter described.

e is a metal plate which carries on both sides of it the registering and controlling mechanism. This plate 6 is fastened Within the lid 6 of the box within a little distance of the top. The coin is introduced into the box between the plate 6 and the lid-top through the slit f and is then transferred to the body of the box through the hole 9' in the plate 0. is provided with a pivoted cover it, which completely closes the same and can only be raised when the mechanism-is ready to receive and register a coin, and which, moreover, when in its raised position locks and renders inoperative the registering mechanism and all the parts working in conjunction therewith.

The registering mechanism consists of two ratchet-wheels r; and j, pivoted to the side of the plate a next to the interior of the box, so as to be convenient for setting; These wheels or disks are figured on both sides, the larger c'to indicate'pennies and halfpennies and the smaller 1' to indicate shillings. The figures show through holes Z'; in the plate a (see Figs. 2 and 3) and through corresponding windows in the lid, which may be glazed.

The teeth on the wheels correspond with the numbers and are so proportioned that the wheel 2' makes one entire revolution for each single tooth that the wheel is moved.

The counting of the coins'is effected backwardthat is to say, the figures of the count- -ing-wheels are set toshow through the inlever-Z carries a pawl m, engaging'with the teeth of the disk, while the opposite arm extends through a slot in the plate c and carries a projection n, which normally occupies apo- The slit f sition in the path of the coin on its way to the hole g. The third arm is bent at its extremity at a right angle to form a catch 0, which projects through a slot in the plate a.

The lever Z is moved by the coin inserted at the slit f and pushed up against the projection a by means of the sliding pusher p. This pusher, which is well shown at Figs. 2 and 3 in its backward and forward positions, respectively, has a projection (1, adapted to bear against the coin r and to engage with the projection 0 of the lever Z on the opposite side, (see Fig. 2,) and it also has on its opposite edge a curved recess 8. The pusher p is so placed with regard to the pivoted cover /L that the latter can only be raised when the pusher is right back, so that the recess 8 leaves room for the tail of the cover 71, to clear the said pusher. When the cover is thus raised, the pusher p is itself immovable and also the lever Z, by reason of the catch 0 being in engagement with the projection q. The immovability of the leverZ insures the obstruction of the hole g against the passage of a coin and also the immovability of the disk 2'. The disk j is dependent for its movement on the movement of the disk Z by means of a projection Z on the latter, which engages with a tooth of the disk 3 j once in each complete revolution.

The box is unlocked at the proper time by means of the disk 3', which withdraws the bolt 0, before mentioned, from the catch (,Z by means of the pin n, standing upon the disk j. This pin it engages at the proper moment with the notch e in the bolt 0 and forces it back against the pressure of the spring w, which spring normally keeps the bolt in its forward position. The notch Q) is preferably so formed that the bolt 0 when withdrawn is not let go until the disk 7' has been rotated one or two teeth beyond the point necessary to disengage the catch. This will allow of the insertion of a penny, when only a halfpenny is necessary for the last coin. The box, moreover, still remains unlocked and cannot be used to receive a coin until it is opened and the counting-disks reset from the inside. This is insured by locking the pusher 5 p in its forward position and preventing the cover it from being raised, as above described, To lock the pusher 19 while the bolt 0 is withdrawn, a spring as is provided, (shown at Figs. 2 and 3,) the point of which is depressed by the retirement of the bolt 0 and held in the path of the pusher 19, so as to prevent its return. (See Fig. 5.)

y and 2 are retaining-springs for the disks Z and respectively, and prevent the rotation of the said disks in the wrong direction.

The action of the apparatus is as follows: Referring to Fig. 2, the box is set, for example, to receive the sum. of six shillings and sixpence halfpenny and closed. The cover it is then raised and a penny is inserted within the slot f. The cover it is then closed down and the pusher p, which must have been in its most backward position before the cover it could have been moved, is advanced against the coin 1 by means of a small button 2, protruding through the lid. This movement pushes the said coin toward the hole g, which is protected by the projection n on the lever Z. The projection n is thrust aside by the advancing coin and the lever Z is thereby rocked, so that as the coin falls through the hole g into the box the wheel 2' is moved by the lever Z two teeth. A smaller coin say a halfpennywould not rock the lever so far, and would therefore move the disk 6 only one tooth. The mechanism is now in the position shown at Fig. 3. There still remains six shillings and fivepence halfpenny to be collected, as appears from the figures visible through the holes 7c. When the pusher p is drawn back to its first position, the box is ready to receive another coin. The operation is repeated again and again until the complement prearranged has been reached.

In Fig. 4c the mechanism appears in the act of receiving the last coin before the box is opened and in Fig. 5 the act of opening is just completed.

It will be seen that the registering-wheels have both in Fig. 5 reached zero.

In Fig. & the projection Z on the disk is within striking distance of the enlarged tooth 3 of the disk ,7', which enlarged tooth is the one which actuates the opening of the box at the same instant that the wheel 2' reaches zero. At the same time the pin a is in engagement with the notch Q) of the bolt 0. The insertion of a coin in the manner explained above moves the parts into the position of Fig. 5 and the box is free to open. The counting-wheels must then be reset from the inside before the mechanism can be again operated.

4: represents springs which have beveled points protruding through the plate (3 into the path of the coin. These springs will allow the coin to pass forward, but prevent its backward movement when it has once reached the position to operate the counting mechanism.

It will be observed that the small wheel j, which marks the shillings, is ordinarily moved by the initial movement of the large wheel vi, which marks pennies and halfpennies, after it leaves the zero position. (Represented in Fig. 5.) As, however, it is desired in order to avoid the insertion of an extra coin to open the box that the catch should be withdrawn by the movement of the wheel 7' at the moment the wheel 5 reaches Zero for the last time, some provision must be made whereby the wheel 1' is moved earlier on this occasion than is usually the case. \Vith this object the large tooth 3 on the wheel j is provided and so placed that when the wheel Z approaches zero for the last time the pin thereon catches the said tooth and moves the wheel j, which has previously been brought to zero, a little farther, so as to unlock the box at the same moment that the complement of coins is reached.

To illustrate: Suppose the box to be set for one-third and one-half shilling. The insertion of three and one-half pence will bring'the wheel 2' to zero, while the wheel j will still indicate one-half. The next coin insertedsay one halfpenny-will move the wheel 6 to eleven and one-half pence and the wheel 7' to zero. If eleven and one-half pence more be added, the wheel c'will be brought to Zero and the wheel 7', which would not ordinarily be moved until the next step of the wheel '6, is on this occasion by the special provision of the enlarged tooth 3 made to move simulta neously with the completion of the rotation of the wheel z' and unlock the box.

Changing the position of the unlocking-pin on the wheel j will not have the desired eflect, because the moment for moving the wheel j is variable, as above explained, in order to insure that the box will open exactly when the predetermined complement of coins is reached.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a receptacle for a predetermined complement of coins, the combination of a cover for the coin-opening, a coin-pusher engaging with the cover, so that the movement of each is dependent upon the position of the other, a pivoted lever controlled by the pusher and counting mechanism operated by the pivoted lever, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the cover, pusher cooperating therewith, pivoted lever, counting mechanism, pin on the latter, spring-retaining bolt, notch in the same engaging with the pin and spring moved by the bolt into the backward path of the pusher, as and for the purpose above described.

3. In a receptacle for coins provided with counting. mechanism therefor, the combination of a cover for the coin-opening, a coinpusher engaging therewith so that the power of movement of each is dependent on the position of the other, and a pivoted lever controlled by the pusher and operated thereby through the medium of a coin to actuate the counting-mechanism one .or more steps according to the size of the coin inserted, substantially as described.

4. An unlocking mechanism for a closed receptacle for coins comprising a toothed wheel and a pin thereon, a bolt engaging with said pin, an enlarged tooth on said wheel, and a second toothed wheel and a projection thereon adapted to strike against the enlarged tooth in the wheel first named when the complement of coins is reached, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT HODGES BISHOP. WILLIAM DOWN. Witnesses:

ALFRED SAMUEL BISHOP, A. (JosTA. 

